Sponsored run "Together against childhood cancer
The sponsored run "Together against childhood cancer" will take place on 13 May 2023. WKK is one of the sponsors of the event. Our Chairman of the Board of Directors is involved in the organising committee.
Beat, why are you involved in the sponsored run?
Because it is important. Every year, a good 200 children in Switzerland are diagnosed with cancer. However, their diagnosis spectrum is completely different from that of adults. The current therapies cannot simply be applied to children. There is little research because the "market" is too small. Specific medicines and suitable treatment methods are lacking. Often, the affected families reach the limits of their resilience. They need our help.
How fit do you have to be to participate in the race?
How far one runs or how fast is up to the participants themselves. We have already had babies pushed in prams, school classes that took part as a team and ambitious athletes who ran the marathon distance. It is important that all runners sign up as many sponsors as possible. Sometimes it is grandparents who support their grandchildren, sometimes companies who donate for their employees, often it is friends who cannot run themselves.
What are the donations used for?
Half of the proceeds of the sponsored run go to the Swiss Childhood Cancer Research Foundation (www.kinderkrebsforschung.ch) and half to the Sunshine Foundation, which supports children with cancer and their families (www.sonnenschein.ch). Of course, all the helpers work for free. So every franc has a direct impact, here and now.
How can I take part?
The sponsored run will take place on 13 May 2023 at the Fronwald sports facility in Zurich-Affoltern. Of course, I am most happy when I meet friends of the WKK on the 400-metre track. But we are also grateful for any other form of support. Information on how to get involved is available on our homepage at www.gemeinsam-gegen-kinderkrebs.ch or directly from me (079 286 41 37 / beat.wirth(at)active.ch).
